According to a recent study by the World Health Organization, the largest number of overweight or obese people currently reside in the United States, making it the most obese nation in the world. Increased sedentary behavior, the prevalence of novel food additives and poor genetics have all led to a huge (pardon the pun) spike in America’s obesity rates over the past decade, which are now nearing epidemic levels.

These days, those two words have become so synonymous with each other that it seems almost impossible to write one without having to write the other. Fad and diet it appears, are about as inseperable as a newlywed couple on their honeymoon.